French adventurer at the court of Peter I. Letters and papers of Baron de St. Hilaire

The publication opening the series" New sources on the history of Russia. Rossica Inedita ", introduces into scientific circulation previously unknown or little studied materials from the archives of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, Vienna and Stockholm. It presents the biography of the French adventurer and the self-proclaimed baron de St. Iler, founder of the Marine Academy in St. Petersburg. The adventures of the Fortune seeker are traced not only in Russia, but throughout Europe, from Portugal to Sweden, from Italy to England. On the example of St. Iler, the general features of that era, the logic of the adventure and methods of the actions of adventurers, the possibilities for social and cultural "reincarnation at the dawn of the New Age, the mechanisms of institutional innovations in the Peter era are clearly visible. The book contains letters, projects and other texts of St. Iler himself and contemporaries surrounding him - Peter I, Count A.A. Matveev and many other Russian and foreign statesmen and diplomats - in five European languages.
The book is addressed to both historians and culturalists and a wide circle of readers